Saint-Andre-de-Sorede No. 1 / Saint-André-de-Sorède / Sant Andreu de Sureda
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view of font in context
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view of basin - upper view
Scene Description: showing the metal staples of an old cover
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view of church exterior - west portal
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view of church exterior - west façade - window
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view of church exterior - west façade - window - detail
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view of church exterior - west portal - tympanum
Scene Description: with the chrismon and the famous lintel below
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view of church exterior - west façade - detail
![lion with prey on the left [north] side](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/AND0102025_compressed.png)
Scene Description: lion with prey on the left [north] side
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view of church exterior - west façade - detail
![lion with prey on the right [south] side](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/AND0102024_compressed.png)
Scene Description: lion with prey on the right [south] side
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view of church exterior - west portal - lintel
Scene Description: the 11thC white marble lintel, comparable to the one at Saint-Genis-des-Fontaines
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view of church exterior - west façade
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 31 August 2010 by Jochen Jahnke [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:F10._St-André-de-Sorède.0120.2.JPG] [accessed 5 August 2017]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © EmDee, 2001
Image Source: digital photograph taken May 2001 by EmDee [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saint-André-de-Sorède_2.jpg] [accessed 5 August 2017]
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view of church interior - niche - detail
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view of church interior - niche - detail
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view of church interior - altar - detail
Scene Description: said to be an altar 'mensa' from the Carolingian period
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view of church interior - altar - detail
Scene Description: said to be an altar 'mensa' from the Carolingian period
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view of church interior - niche
Scene Description: located to the right of the entranceway; may have been used as baptistery in the past
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view of church interior - nave - looking west
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 31 August 2010 by Jochen Jahnke [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:F10._St-André-de-Sorède.0150.JPG] [accessed 5 August 2017]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
![with the stoup in the foreground, right [south] side](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1170805004_compressed.png)
Scene Description: with the stoup in the foreground, right [south] side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mairie de Saint-André 66690, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 June 2014 by J-C Milhet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eglise_romane_la_nef.jpg] [accessed 5 August 2017]
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view of church interior - plan
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Image Source: digital image of a drawing done 3 April 2012 by Jochen Jahnke [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St-Adré-de-Sorède,_Grundriss,_Handskizze.JPG] [accessed 5 August 2017]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 05073AND
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 2001-06-18
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Late Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale [ancienne abbatiale] Saint-André / Església Sant Andreu
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in a chapel of the apse, N side
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Andrew
Church Notes: [cf. Index entry for St-Andre-de-Sorede No. 2] Listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00104111]: "L'église est tout ce qui reste de l'abbaye bénédictine. Elle paraît avoir été élevée entre 1110 et 1120 par l'abbé Pons Arnaux."
Church Address: 1 place de l'Église, 66690 Saint-André, France
Site Location: Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the D11-D618 crossroads, 3-4 km W of Argelès-sur-Mer, 10 km S of Elne, about 18 kms ENE de Céret
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Perpignan
Historical Region: Languedoc-Roussillon
Font Notes:
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On-site notes: plain cauldron-shaped baptismal font made of marble, probably of the 12th century; it now sits on an unmatched square base; the basin rim has four metal loops for the lid, but they are not necessarily the original lid hardware.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 497627 4711123
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.5525, 2.9711
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 33′ 9″ N, 2° 58′ 15.96″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: cauldron-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Rim Thickness: 9 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 74 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 92 cm
Basin Depth: 45 cm
Basin Total Height: 60 cm
Height of Base: 22 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 78 cm*
Notes on Measurements: BSI *[NB: this measurement does not add up to basin+base because the basin goes into the base at the centre]